scottbowen
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Have a wood square back canoe that I dont know anything about. Serial # 2762 18. Is this an Old Town and what year?
Old Town?
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There may be a few hidden digits as Tom mentioned. The information at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may help you find them. There is no Old Town record for that serial number. Number 2761 shipped in January, 1906 which is a few years before outboard motors were invented and well before Old Town started making square back canoes. Kennebec put number 2762 on a 14 foot long lapstrake rowboat in 1923. Pictures will probably be necessary to identify yours. Good luck,
Benson
Benson
scottbowen
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Gil Cramer
The wooden canoe Shop, Inc.
St Louis Canoe.
I agree with Gil based on the deck shape. See http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/meramec/deck.jpg for more information.
Benson
Benson
scottbowen
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Is there much value and is there anyway to tell year built? Thanks for help
Suggest you use the search function on these pages. There is a lot of information in these archives. Type in St.Louis, and you will get ~100 hits. Not all will apply. And get a copy of Wooden Canoe # 146, April 2008, which has a lengthy article on St.Louis canoes. Tom McCloud
pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
There's a discussion RE: value at:
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57-How-much-is-my-old-wooden-canoe-worth
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57-How-much-is-my-old-wooden-canoe-worth
Dave Wermuth
Who hid my paddle?
I restored only one but I thought it was an excellent canoe. Well made, good quality and craftsmanship. they're good.
There is usually some value to an old wooden canoe like this but it depends on a number of factors. A good summary of this is available at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?57 as Paul mentioned previously. The information at http://forums.wcha.org/knowledgebase/Manufacturers:St+Louis+Meramec+Canoe+Company indicates that this company was in business from around 1922 to about 1978. Good luck with it,
Benson
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Walter Hauck
LOVES Wooden Canoes
I think your canoe was built about January 1948. We have a June 1947 date for #2712 and a March 4, 1948 date for #2797.
On the record boards we have, #2762 is listed as an 18' Prospector. I was told by the last owner of the company that's what they called 18-footers with a transom. I have a #2623 which also has a transom, but for some reason it's not noted as a Prospector. Records just say 18' Transom, and the transom is a different shape than yours. But it's also only 16 ft. long with bilge keels and planer boards. How long is your canoe?
A St. Louis canoe is distinguished by the arrowhead-shaped decks.
Wally Hauck
On the record boards we have, #2762 is listed as an 18' Prospector. I was told by the last owner of the company that's what they called 18-footers with a transom. I have a #2623 which also has a transom, but for some reason it's not noted as a Prospector. Records just say 18' Transom, and the transom is a different shape than yours. But it's also only 16 ft. long with bilge keels and planer boards. How long is your canoe?
A St. Louis canoe is distinguished by the arrowhead-shaped decks.
Wally Hauck
